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Failing Quotes - Page 32

If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me.

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier (1858). “Winter's tale. King John. King Richard II. King Henry IV, part 1. King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V. King Henry VI, part 1”, p.577

My willingness to fail gives me the ability to succeed.

"Vinod Khosla: Be Wary of 'Stupid Advice'" by Bill Snyder, www.gsb.stanford.edu. May 28, 2015.

When all else fails, go for the ego.

Val McDermid (1994). “Crack Down”, Scribner

Endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort 'soever they be; for that thyself also has many failings which must be borned with by others.

St. Augustine, Dr. Howard Taylor, Mrs. Howard Taylor, Apostolic Fathers, J. Oswald Sanders (2010). “Moody Classics Complete Set: Includes 19 Classics of the Faith in a Single Volume”, p.1542, Moody Publishers

I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.

Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.51, Head of Zeus

A slight failing in one virtue is enough to put all the others to sleep.

Saint Teresa of Avila, Aeterna Press (1951). “The life of Saint Teresa of Jesus”, p.336, Aeterna Press

I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.

Saint Teresa (of Avila) (1946). “General introduction. Life. Spiritual relations”

You will fail and I’ll dance on your grave. (Apollymi)

Sherrilyn Kenyon (2008). “Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel”, p.10, Macmillan

The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.

A Time for Choosing (aka "The Speech"), Air date 27 October 1964, Los Angeles, CA

And in most highly academic environments in the United States, no one fails anything.

Paul Tough (2012). “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character”, p.86, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt